See also

Family of Percy Zebedee Simpson and Lily May Morphew

  • Husband:

  • Percy Zebedee Simpson (1893-1968)

  • Wife:

  • Lily May Morphew (1885-1968)

  • Children:

  • Doris Ellen Simpson (1917-2018)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1915

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Percy Zebedee Simpson

  • Name:

  • Percy Zebedee Simpson2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Alfred Ernest Simpson (1859-1923)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Maria Runeckles (1859?-1920)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer then a roadman3 4

  • Birth:

  • 21 Sep 1893

  • Offton, Suffolk, England2 5 3 4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Mara, brothers Alfred, Edwin, Herbert and Frederick, and sisters Elsie and Edith. Born in Offton Suffolk and note that his sister Ellen and grandparents Lewis and Harriet also lived nearby

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a farm labourer and living in five rooms with his parents Alfred and Mara, brothers Herbert, Frederick and Leslie, and sister Elsie. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • Chalk Pit Cottages, Ipswich Road, Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • a married roadman living with his wife Lily and daughter Doris. Born on 21st September 1893

  • Death:

  • Q1 1968 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England6

Wife: Lily May Morphew

  • Name:

  • Lily May Morphew7 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant8

  • Birth:

  • 16 Jan 1885

  • Semer, Suffolk, England7 9 10 8 4

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • Ash Street, Whatfield, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents John and Ellen, brothers Ernest, Herbert, George, Arthur and Albert. Born in Semer Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

  • Derrick Hill, Willisham, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in four rooms with her widowed father John, brothers Arthur and Albert, and aunt Kate Burman. Born in Semer Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 25)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living in ten rooms with Alfred and Emma Laws, and their niece Edith Taylor. Born in Semer Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • Chalk Pit Cottages, Ipswich Road, Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Percy and daughter Doris. Born on 16th January 1885

  • Death:

  • Q1 1968 (age 83)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England11

Child 1: Doris Ellen Simpson

  • Name:

  • Doris Ellen Simpson12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ernest Edward Salmon (1899-1982)

  • Birth:

  • 13 Aug 1917

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England12 4

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • Chalk Pit Cottages, Ipswich Road, Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried daily domestic help living with her parents Percy and Lily. Born on 13th August 1917. Married a Salmon at a later date

  • Death:

  • Jan 2018 (age 100)

  • Suffolk "Registration District", Suffolk, England13 14

  • Memorial Service:

  • 9 Feb 2018

  • Bethesda Baptist Church, Cavendish Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord after over 13 years of excellent care at White Gables, Felixstowe. This service followed a private cremation

Note on Wife: Lily May Morphew

Lily was a sister of Herbert John Morphew (1882-1966) who married Sarah Alice Francis

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1915 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2801. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1893 quarter:4 volume:4a page:788. Cit. Date: 29 July 2018.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10773 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:6. Cit. Date: 29 July 2018.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6642E page:11 line:4 letter code:TXGE. Cit. Date: 20 June 2019.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:41 page:1. Cit. Date: 27 October 2018.

6.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1968 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1399. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1885 quarter:1 volume:4a page:693. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10773 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

9.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1446 folio:219 page:12. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:6 page:3. Cit. Date: 20 June 2019.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1968 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1274. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1917 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1396. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk 2018 quarter:1 district:7481B entry:516696012. Cit. Date: 24 January 2025.

14.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). http://www.familynotices24.co.uk/national/view/4497888/doris-ellen-salmon-nee-simpson. Cit. Date: 19 June 2019.